SX70 film broken now discontinued...

[Rob]

Polaroid made a change to the film and it cant be manipulated anymore. Dont know when this happened so it may make stocking up difficult not knowing when they changed it. I guess they gave up and then decided to just cancel making it.
From the alternative camera msg board.
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Dklo
guess they thought we needed more of those stupid Izone cameras instead...
I wonder what products they even sell these days? Rebadge 35mm film? low quality polaroid 600 film cameras? ID photo systems? nope thats mostly digital now...their digital scanners and cameras arent anything special either...Maybe they sell a few Spectra cameras but cant be many. Their pack films they still make but sales of that must be declining rapidly...
Rob

 

[Stephan]

I just spent 80 euros on 20 4*5" polaroid sheets, so they still sell those... Unfortunately, I need them for a course otherwise I'd just use digital for previews and be done with the useless expense. That's about 5$ for a damn preview shot, what a bloody waste of money.

 

[bmattock]

Polaroid made a change to the film and it cant be manipulated anymore. Dont know when this happened so it may make stocking up difficult not knowing when they changed it. I guess they gave up and then decided to just cancel making it.
From the alternative camera msg board.
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Dklo
guess they thought we needed more of those stupid Izone cameras instead...
I wonder what products they even sell these days? Rebadge 35mm film? low quality polaroid 600 film cameras? ID photo systems? nope thats mostly digital now...their digital scanners and cameras arent anything special either...Maybe they sell a few Spectra cameras but cant be many. Their pack films they still make but sales of that must be declining rapidly...
Rob

Polaroid was bankrupt for a long time, and was purchased by Petters Group:

Polaroid Purchase New Announcement

Petters Group now operates Polaroid, but they just churn out what Polaroid already makes or made previously, and will not be introducing new products, etc. They license the use of the Polaroid name, none of that junk is made by Polaroid.

Petters Consumer Brands, a wholly owned independent operating company of Petters Group Worldwide, creates partnerships with global manufacturers to develop products and brand extensions for distribution through retail, Internet, catalog, and specialty channels.

For all intents and purposes, Polaroid no longer exists. It is just a name now. All remaining products will be killed off as soon as sales drop enough.

Sorry to be such a downer.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[Rob]

Bill is right, I just dont see much value in the polaroid name tho...It would be nice if someone could take Ilford, Agfa and polaroid under one roof, streamline it to produce the best film and paper products of each that still have a use and following and get rid of rebadged chinese scanners and cheap plastic film cameras and create some new inexpensive but good performing cameras we would use and then do some marketing.

 

[aizan]

why would they change timezero film? the bastards!

 

[bmattock]

Bill is right, I just dont see much value in the polaroid name tho...

You and I don't, but our parent's generation still remembers Polaroid with fondness. For an example of how brand names live on even though they are nothing like the original products:

Bell & Howell -> Bowe Bell + Howell (http://www.bellhowell.com/) They are not in the camera biz, they license the name to cheap Chinese camera marketers):

http://www.thpsales.com

But so many people remember Bell & Howell will look at these cameras and think they're in the same league with Canon, Nikon, etc, that the name has meaning, even if for you and I, it does not.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[jdos2]

Sad to see Polaroid go, I was.

But the Fuji versions are better...


Not to say that anything will ever replace good ol' Time Zero.

 

[Poptart]

The manipulation thing never worked well for me anyway; so will the new T-0 still be available or not?